Knife gauge



Oct. 1 8, 1932- A. c. BOLTON KNIFE GAUGE Filed June 29, 1931 -flnt irezv 61 B0? Z'on,

Patented Get. 18, 1932 j Annnnw cj nonron,

"KNIFE A Application filed June 29,

be easily and conveniently manipulated,

whereby to adaptthe knife for cutting slices of different thicknesses.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent'from the following description, when taken in connection with they accompanylng drawing. I

In the drawing:

knife equipped with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a view looking toward the cutting edge of the knife. v Figure 3 is an end view, lookingtoward the point of the knife.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the. attachment removed from'the bladev of the knife.

Figure 5 is a plan View of-one end of the member 11 showingthe normal position of the fieXib-le arm infull lines and its operative position in dotted lines.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, and especially to Figure 4, there is shown a perspective view of the device removed from the knife, and wherein it, will be seen that it comprises a stationary, or knife blade attaching part '10, and the adjustable gauge part 11.

The part 10' is of wire of suitable gauge, and includes the body portion or bar 12, the opposite ends of which are bent downwardly and laterally, from the same side of said body, as shown at 13 and 14, and then upwardly, toform the yokes 15 and 16. The portion of the yoke16,outwardly fromthe body being eX- tended in parallel relation to and in the'same plane as the adjacent portion of vthe end of Figure 1 is a side elevation of a paring" PATENT v orr es or MIAMI, FLORIDA seven 7 193i. Serial No. 547,712.

the body to form aseat, as shown at l'l, from whence the wire extends upwardly and thence downwardly, to form the loop 18, and thence laterally and upwardly, as at 19, to

form the loop 20, whichreceives a portion of the cutting edge ofthe blade 21, of the knife 22, shown in the other views of the drawing. The other end of the body 12 beyond the yoke 15, is treated in the same man- .ncr, as just described, to form the portions The part 11 is formed from a single length of wire, of the same gauge as that of the part 10, and includes the body or bar portion 23, which is arranged in parallel relation to the body 12, of thepart 10, and has its opposite ends bent to form the loops 24 and 25, which lie in the same plane, but avhich extend obliquely from opposite sides of the body ends; 'The outer leg 28 of the loop 25 extends to greater extent than the corresponding "leg 27,, ofthe loop 24, and is terminally formed with a hook member 29. The outer leg 27, of the loop 24, is slidably disposed through the yoke 15, while its inner leg is disposed outwardly of said yoke 15, and beneath theladjac'ent end of the body 12. The 3 outer leg 28, of the loop 25 is slidably dis leg portion of said loop is slidably engaged with the under'face of the seat.

- posed through the yoke 16,,while the other o It is to be understood that the longer leg 28,0f the loop25, has a tendency to spring away from the shorter leg of the loop, whereby to engage with one leg of the yokell6,and 7 thereby move the bar23 longitudinally of the knife,-and urge the leg 27 of the loop 24 against a legof the yoke 15. Thus, when the ends of the member 11 are properly enformed from L Single 1611,), gaged within the yokes 15 and 16of the memc D b ber 10, the legs 27 and 28 will have frictional I engagement with the before-mentioned legs of the yokes 15 and 16, sothat said member 2 V c i 1,883,505

or vegetables, in accordance with the desires of the user.

The gauge device is applied to the knife by wedging the cutting edge of the blade of the knife into the spaces between the inner and outer portions of the loops 20 and 20, which disposes the body portions 12 and 23,

of the members 10 and 11 in parallel relaupon moving the thumb tdward or away from the blade, the member 11 will be moved so "as to dispose its body or bar 23 close to, or far away from the knife edge, so that the thickness of the paring or slicing of the fruit or vegetable, upon which the knife is operating, passing between the body 23 and the knife edge, will beproperly gauged. After having out slices of the desired thickness, the operator may then cut the slices crosswise, whereby to produce dices.

Attention is called to the fact that the device is adapted to be applied to the blade of a paring knife, without the necessity. of any modifications to the knife blade. Furthermore, t 1e adjustment of the device, for the purpose of gauging the thicknessof a slice or parin cut by the blade, is easily, quickly, and safely accomplished by the operator.

What is claimed is a a 1. A gauge for a knife comprising a stationary bar having means at its sends for attachment to the blade ofa knife, and a gauge bar arranged in spaced parallel relation to said blade attaching bar and movable toward and away therefrom, obliquely extending parallel flexible means on the ends of said bar frictionally and slidably engagedwith the end portions of the blade attached bar, one of said obliquely extending means being flexible out of engagement with an end. of the blade attached bar to permit movement of the gauge bar toward and away from and in constant parallelism with the stationary bar.

2. A gauge for a knife comprising a bar having terminal means for attachment to the ends of a knife blade, and yoke members between the attaching means and the ends of the bar, one of said attaching means having a seat, and a gauge bar disposedin parallel relation with the first bar for movement toward and away therefrom and having op positel'y extending terminal loops each havinga legsl'idablyengaged through a yoke, the yoke engaged leg of one of said loops b ing adapted for flexing movement into and out of frictional engagement with the adjacent yoke, and the other leg of said loop being slidable on said seat.

8. A gauge for a knife comprising a bar having terminal yokes each having a knife blade attaching means, and a gauge bar disposed for movement toward and away from the first bar in constant parallel relation therewith, said gauge bar having terminal oblique and oppositely extending loops each having a leg slidable through a yoke, said leg of oneof the loops being in engagement with both sides of the adjacent loop and flexible into and out of frictional engagement with one of said loop sides.

4. A gauge for knife formed from wire and comprising a knife blade attaching member including a bar having its ends formed with knife blade gripping portions and yokes between said ends and gripping portions, a connecting member between one of said yokes and gripping portion forming a seat, and a gauge including a bar arranged in parallel relation with the first bar and adapted for movement toward and away therefrom in constant parallel relation therewith, the ends of said gauge being extended in opposite oblique relation and in the form of open elongated loops, a leg of each of said loops being slidable through a yoke, the o her leg of one of said loops slidably engaging on said seat, and the yoke engaging leg of said last-mentioned loop being flexible into and'out of frictional engagement with one side of the adjacent yoke.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ANDRE? BOLTON. 

